Electricity
In Israel we use 220V current and 3-pronged power plugs (and of course 3-hole sockets - see type H here: http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/). Your two-pronged European power plugs will work perfectly fine, but for N. American/British/Australian/any other types you would need an adapter.
Currency
The Israeli currency is the Shekel (officially the New Israeli Shekel; don't ask). There are currently ~4.18 Shekels to the Euro, 3.57 to the US $, 3.60 to the Swiss Frank, 2.70 to the Australian $, 4.77 to the British Pound, 38,150 (no 42,877, no 12,345, no 93,245...) to the bitcoin, etc. Serbian Dinar is ~0.035 Shekels, Russian Ruble 0.057, and Czech Koruna 0.16.
The Shekel is composed of 100 Agorot, but the sub-Shekel coins are only 10 Agorot and 50 Agorot (half a Shekel, both gold colour). Other coins are 1, 2 and 5 Shekels (silver), and 10 Shekels (silver around gold, similar to the 2 Euro coin). Notes come in 20, 50, 100 and 200 Shekel sizes. All can be used (i.e. no problem paying with 200 Shekel notes).
Recently new 20 and 100 shekel notes went into circulation (red and yellow, respectively, both featuring women poets), but the older 20 & 100 shekel notes (green and brown, both featuring men) are still ok to use. Note that old 50 and 200 shekel motes (purple and red, respectively) are likely to be refused though you may be able to exchange them in a bank. Do not accept them as change. The new 50 & 200 shekel notes are green and blue, respectively (both featuring poets, both men). See how the four (20, 50, 100 & 200 shekel) currently valid notes look like here or here (look for "series C (2014-present)"
Language
The main language spoken in Israel is Hebrew. Arabic will be spoken by a substantial majority, especially in the Muslim and Christian towns and villages. You will easily get around with English throughout the country, especially in the Tel Aviv area (and of course the university). Surprisingly perhaps you could also find many Russian speakers. But it is an immigrant society, you'll find someone able to speak pretty much any language, and then the Google translate option on the phone is always useful.
Beware - Saturdays
In Jewish settlements shops will be closed since mid-day on Friday to Saturday evening (in Judaism the day ends and another starts at sundown, and the religious people will break some time before and start sometime after just to be on the safe side). Public transportation will be unavailable during these times (no buses roughly since 17:00 on Friday to 19:00 on Saturday, trains break for even longer) as well. Many restaurants will be open - but many will be closed. In Tel Aviv you could get small 24/7 supermarkets that will be open on Saturdays as well - but do not expect them elsewhere in Israel. You will be unable to rent a car on a Saturday (or late on Friday) either, so plan ahead (most petrol stations will usually work 24/7 throughout the country though). And don't even think of driving into any Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood on Saturday - you will be stoned. Literally.
Wifi
The museum is connected to the free-tau network (password: free-tau)
Many parts of Tel Aviv are connected to a free municipality-provided wifi service. See http://www.visit-tel-aviv.com/things-do/free-city-wide-wi-fi#.WZlRNT4jGUk. Unfortunately the University campus is less well (wifi) endowed. You may be able to get by with eduroam. There are also two university-wide free wifi networks: free-tau (Password: free-tau see: https://www.tau.ac.il/cc/helpdesk/glisha/wireless/wireless-free-tau.html) and Public-Tau (password: publictau).
Driving and Car Rental
All the major global car rental companies have offices in Israel, and you could locate them either in Tel Aviv (Usually in the Yarkon Street, a major road parallel the Mediterranean coast in Tel Aviv where most of the luxury hotels are), or at the Tel Aviv ("Ben Gurion") airport. Prices, deals etc. are pretty much the same as everywhere else in the world. Annoyingly if you rent a car for less than three days in Israel it will usually come with restricted mileage, over which you pay extra. Beware also that when driving around the country all the signs (usually roads have good signs in English) are designed to lead you into the only toll road in Israel (Road #6, going along much of the country from north to south). Otherwise - we drive on the right side of the road, most cars (even small ones) are automatic, and all are air conditioned (Israeli law actually requires them to be). Israelis are on the whole bad and aggressive drivers, but not so much as in some other places we drove... Traffic in Tel Aviv is generally heavy (which is why you will find that scooters and bicycles are preferred by many). Parking in Tel Aviv is HELL. You are allowed to park with a parking app if the sidewalk is dyed blue and white, but not if it is red and white, or red and yellow. Car parks are relatively plentiful. Our advice: if you only go inside the city take a bus, walk or cycle. The museum has its own underground parking lot though (prices yet to be announced). Drive safely!
In Israel we use 220V current and 3-pronged power plugs (and of course 3-hole sockets - see type H here: http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/). Your two-pronged European power plugs will work perfectly fine, but for N. American/British/Australian/any other types you would need an adapter.
Currency
The Israeli currency is the Shekel (officially the New Israeli Shekel; don't ask). There are currently ~4.18 Shekels to the Euro, 3.57 to the US $, 3.60 to the Swiss Frank, 2.70 to the Australian $, 4.77 to the British Pound, 38,150 (no 42,877, no 12,345, no 93,245...) to the bitcoin, etc. Serbian Dinar is ~0.035 Shekels, Russian Ruble 0.057, and Czech Koruna 0.16.
The Shekel is composed of 100 Agorot, but the sub-Shekel coins are only 10 Agorot and 50 Agorot (half a Shekel, both gold colour). Other coins are 1, 2 and 5 Shekels (silver), and 10 Shekels (silver around gold, similar to the 2 Euro coin). Notes come in 20, 50, 100 and 200 Shekel sizes. All can be used (i.e. no problem paying with 200 Shekel notes).
Recently new 20 and 100 shekel notes went into circulation (red and yellow, respectively, both featuring women poets), but the older 20 & 100 shekel notes (green and brown, both featuring men) are still ok to use. Note that old 50 and 200 shekel motes (purple and red, respectively) are likely to be refused though you may be able to exchange them in a bank. Do not accept them as change. The new 50 & 200 shekel notes are green and blue, respectively (both featuring poets, both men). See how the four (20, 50, 100 & 200 shekel) currently valid notes look like here or here (look for "series C (2014-present)"
Language
The main language spoken in Israel is Hebrew. Arabic will be spoken by a substantial majority, especially in the Muslim and Christian towns and villages. You will easily get around with English throughout the country, especially in the Tel Aviv area (and of course the university). Surprisingly perhaps you could also find many Russian speakers. But it is an immigrant society, you'll find someone able to speak pretty much any language, and then the Google translate option on the phone is always useful.
Beware - Saturdays
In Jewish settlements shops will be closed since mid-day on Friday to Saturday evening (in Judaism the day ends and another starts at sundown, and the religious people will break some time before and start sometime after just to be on the safe side). Public transportation will be unavailable during these times (no buses roughly since 17:00 on Friday to 19:00 on Saturday, trains break for even longer) as well. Many restaurants will be open - but many will be closed. In Tel Aviv you could get small 24/7 supermarkets that will be open on Saturdays as well - but do not expect them elsewhere in Israel. You will be unable to rent a car on a Saturday (or late on Friday) either, so plan ahead (most petrol stations will usually work 24/7 throughout the country though). And don't even think of driving into any Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood on Saturday - you will be stoned. Literally.
Wifi
The museum is connected to the free-tau network (password: free-tau)
Many parts of Tel Aviv are connected to a free municipality-provided wifi service. See http://www.visit-tel-aviv.com/things-do/free-city-wide-wi-fi#.WZlRNT4jGUk. Unfortunately the University campus is less well (wifi) endowed. You may be able to get by with eduroam. There are also two university-wide free wifi networks: free-tau (Password: free-tau see: https://www.tau.ac.il/cc/helpdesk/glisha/wireless/wireless-free-tau.html) and Public-Tau (password: publictau).
Driving and Car Rental
All the major global car rental companies have offices in Israel, and you could locate them either in Tel Aviv (Usually in the Yarkon Street, a major road parallel the Mediterranean coast in Tel Aviv where most of the luxury hotels are), or at the Tel Aviv ("Ben Gurion") airport. Prices, deals etc. are pretty much the same as everywhere else in the world. Annoyingly if you rent a car for less than three days in Israel it will usually come with restricted mileage, over which you pay extra. Beware also that when driving around the country all the signs (usually roads have good signs in English) are designed to lead you into the only toll road in Israel (Road #6, going along much of the country from north to south). Otherwise - we drive on the right side of the road, most cars (even small ones) are automatic, and all are air conditioned (Israeli law actually requires them to be). Israelis are on the whole bad and aggressive drivers, but not so much as in some other places we drove... Traffic in Tel Aviv is generally heavy (which is why you will find that scooters and bicycles are preferred by many). Parking in Tel Aviv is HELL. You are allowed to park with a parking app if the sidewalk is dyed blue and white, but not if it is red and white, or red and yellow. Car parks are relatively plentiful. Our advice: if you only go inside the city take a bus, walk or cycle. The museum has its own underground parking lot though (prices yet to be announced). Drive safely!